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  1. 1 Criminal Investigation: Case Files 刑侦:大案纪实 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted 1980s criminal investigation + case-by-case stories + no romance or female lead + a touch of ensemble cast Based on real cases, with some changes. The investigations generally follow the original cases. Case One: Too clever by half: Charred remains by the river Case Two: Everyone is evil: A naked corpse in a well Case Three: The thief cries “Stop thief!”: A corpse hidden in a wardrobe Case Four: The poisonous insect’s last stand: A demon strikes Case Five: A killer in two places: A body dismembe 15.7kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
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  2. 2 The 1990s Crime Expert Takes the Criminal Investigation Team to New Heights 九零犯罪专家,带飞刑侦队 Mystery225k WordsCompleted [No CP, no female lead, no romantic tension] [Logical deduction] [Twists in the cases] [Not wish-fulfillment, no showing off] [There is a System, but it barely features and disappears soon] A bestselling mystery novelist becomes a returned doctorate holder in the 1990s and an expert in criminal psychology at a police academy. Teach a class? Sure, but that’s not exciting enough! Why not solve a few major cases and teach you on the scene? A county town with almost no surveillance cameras. A crimin 8.3kReads9.0Score709Shelves
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  3. 3 Madness in 1960: The Street Punk Leads the Courtyard Astray 疯癫1960:街溜子带偏四合院 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Crime Solving] [Comedy] [Nanluoguxiang] [My Dad Is a Hidden Big Shot] In 1960, with the enemy still lurking among the people and not yet fully eliminated, Xu Huai nearly got shot. Only after joining the Public Security Bureau did he discover that his father was a hidden big shot. 60.8kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves
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  4. 4 I'm a Police Officer, So Why Did I Get a Thug System?! 我一个警察,怎么给我悍匪系统! Urban3.5M WordsOngoing Su Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a graduate of the police academy. He's seven feet seven inches tall and weighs four hundred pounds. His aura is downright villainous, practically radiating banditry. He's the very image of a notorious outlaw, a human beast! Even a grin from him is enough to make hardened bandits squeal like chickens… 24.8kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves
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  5. 5 Left for Dead? The Real Heiress Understands Animals and Sets Things Right in the 1990s 被抛尸?真千金懂兽语在九零整治 Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [Alternate 1990s + Leading Beasts and the Authorities in a Full-Service Operation to Take Down Criminal Dens + Government Job with a Secure Pension + Animal Retirement Care + Everyone's Darling + Reborn Supporting Female Lead with a System + No CP] Dumped in the wilderness? Good grief! Qin Yu woke with a start to find herself suspended in midair over a cliff thousands of meters high. Her body hadn't been successfully dumped, but two headless human remains were her neighbors. The bad news: Had sh 780Reads7.1Score109Shelves
  6. 6 I Gained the Ability to Read Minds After Becoming a Fake Heiress 穿成假千金后我拥有了读心术 Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Real and Fake Heiresses] [Mind Reading] [Crime Solving] [The Realities of Human Nature] [Powerful Families] When Zhou Jiayue opened her eyes, she saw the luxurious room and enormous bed, and was overjoyed. Had she become a rich young lady? Was she about to live the life of a wealthy woman? Bang! The door burst open. A middle-aged woman shouted angrily, “Zhou Jiayue, you’ve been living in someone else’s place for all these years. Don’t you feel guilty? Get out of here!” Still dazed, Zhou Jiayue 1.2kReads7.5Score137Shelves
  7. 7 The Crime-Hunting Trio: An Unsolved Vendetta, a Deadly Gambit 猎罪铁三角:宿仇悬案,以命赴局 Mystery501k WordsCompleted The ultimate crime-solving team is ready to roll: A hard-nosed female team leader, a young psychology prodigy, a criminal investigation king, a search specialist, a computer whiz, a highly personable cleaner, and a theatrical security guard! Unsolved cases that have piled up for thirty years keep landing on their desks, and the team tackles them with all kinds of methods: Reconstructing crime scenes with AI, Werewolf-style psychological deduction, hypnotic mind-reading, and designing custom murd 1.3kReads—Score217Shelves
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  8. 8 I Transmigrated into Siheyuan and Immediately Got Trampled by a Pig 刚穿越四合院就被猪拱了 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Taming the courtyard's troublemakers] [Skill upgrades] [Solving special cases] [Everyday relaxation] This transmigration from the start is pretty wild. What does it feel like to transmigrate into a siheyuan, get groped by a pig, and have someone eavesdrop on you through the wall? Why marry into the siheyuan when you know the Yan family is stingy and scheming? Yu Li's violent side awakens. She becomes a policewoman and an expert at solving cases. 11.9kReads8.8Score823Shelves
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  9. 9 Siheyuan: It Begins with a Copied Soul 四合院:从灵魂被复制开始 Male-Channel Fanfiction673k WordsCompleted The Beast-Filled Courtyard becomes the Widow's Courtyard! It all begins when Lin Feng transmigrates there! His soul is copied by a mysterious cube, which takes him across into the world of a TV drama. The story follows him as he explores and develops the space, and lives in the courtyard. The story isn't heavy on hostility. [Farming + daily life + laid-back] 1.7kReads6.7Score104Shelves
  10. 10 Reborn in 1993: I'm a Criminal Profiling Specialist 重生1993:我是刑侦侧写师 Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Crime Investigation] [Case-Solving Focus] Lin Zhimo, a leading expert in criminal psychology, is reborn as a frail records clerk at a police station in 1993. While violent criminals run rampant and veteran detectives rely on legwork, he opens his notebook and says, “The killer is 28, left-handed, has a stutter, rides a green bicycle, and lives within three blocks.” The captain tears up his report. “Get back to the records room!” A week later, when a suspect matching every detail is arrested, th 3kReads6.6Score261Shelves
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  11. 11 Criminal Investigation: The True Culprit 刑侦:罪案真凶 Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Detective team leader + criminal profiler + two equally formidable leads + episodic cases + suspense] A string of throat-slashing murders catches the criminal investigation team off guard. Two victims appear in just two days, and a criminal profiler arrives to help the team solve the case... During the final investigation, they suddenly discover a hidden case behind these crimes. Photos unrelated to each case keep appearing, and they eventually learn that these seemingly irrelevant crime scen 897Reads6.7Score100Shelves
  12. 12 The County Town Murders of 1997 97县城凶案 Mystery376k WordsCompleted [Detectives +] [Interlocking Cases] [A Blend of Manhunts and Anti-Corruption] At the end of 1997, a series of murders takes place in a county town in Northeast China. The killer’s first victim is Liu Jing, head of the county’s Culture Bureau. Her uterus is stuffed inside a mannequin and dumped across from the entrance to the county committee offices. The second body part dumped is Liu Jing’s heart, left in the same spot among a crowd of people clearing snow for the county committee. An old scave 2.6kReads8.4Score252Shelves
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  13. 13 Officer, Stop Guessing! I’m Really Innocent! 警官别猜了,我真的是无辜的啊 Mystery212k WordsOngoing Everyone thought Jiang Yi was quiet and ill-tempered, but no one expected her to be decisive and cool-headed. When a case came up, she calmly analyzed the situation and offered to act as bait to help the police catch the killer. When they asked what she used to do, Jiang Yi said, "Maybe I was an assassin." Police officer: "?" The word "maybe" really carries a lot of weight. Later, after the police became her colleagues, her talent for solving cases was impossible to miss. Her coworkers nearly we 1.8kReads—Score223Shelves
  14. 14 Deputy Police Chief from the Start 开局派出所副所长 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Period setting + criminal investigation + suspense + one heroine + weak golden finger + deduction 1958, the capital. Yue Pengju, transferred from the Public Security Army, is appointed deputy director of the Taotiao Hutong Police Station. A body dumped in the hutong tears open the calm facade, revealing hidden undercurrents. Following the clues deeper, they uncover the enemy agents' presence. The seemingly peaceful capital has long been hiding deadly dangers. Enemy agents are hunting those invol 7.4kReads7.2Score461Shelves
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  15. 15 Unbelievable! From the Start, I Was at a Crime Scene 离谱!开局就是案发现场 Mystery413k WordsCompleted [The rating has just been posted; it will rise later] When Xia Zhu woke up, she had become the prime suspect in a dismemberment case, and the victim's head was in her refrigerator. She was the unluckiest person alive! While others panicked and rushed to prove their innocence, she stayed at the crime scene to examine the details. Drawing on her forensic expertise, she pieced together the clues, investigated the inconsistencies, cleared her name, and helped the police identify the real culprit. Sh 6.2kReads7.0Score745Shelves
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  16. 16 The 1980s Crime Drama: Even a Chef Can Be a Great Detective 八零刑侦剧场:厨子也能当神探 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Was life in the 1980s really that boring? Not necessarily. Pigs eat people, dogs poison people, and a dragon falls from the sky! Are these bizarre cases real or not? Welcome to the world of a female criminal investigator in the 1980s. See how detectives of that era solved cases without surveillance cameras or DNA evidence. A word of caution: The heroine is not a transmigrator or someone who transmigrates into a book. There is no System and no golden finger. 16.8kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
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  17. 17 What Kind of Cop Is a Fatso Like You? 你一个胖子当什么警察 Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Reborn + no System + crime-solving + comedy + tough cop] Tian Ping'an, a fat man, dies unexpectedly during a competitive eating contest, only to be mysteriously reborn in a parallel world more than thirty years in the past. Here, he is still a trainee in the criminal investigation unit, while his beautiful partner, Liu Tingting, is destined to be assassinated by a notorious thief king. His parents, too, are about to meet with misfortune. Faced with such peril, how can Tian Ping'an, a devoted fo 6.8kReads9.3Score780Shelves
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  18. 18 This Detective Is No Ordinary Man: Falling in Love Makes Him Stronger 这个侦探不一般,恋爱就能变强 Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted Zhang Xici had endured a lonely, miserable life, and just as he was about to retire, he got caught up in something huge. An enormous scapegoat's burden was dumped on him. With his frail build, how could he possibly bear such a huge burden? He was crushed to death beneath it. But who would have thought that a disaster would turn into a blessing: he was reborn. After being reborn, Zhang gained the support of a System and finally became a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately, his System wasn't 6.1kReads9.0Score921Shelves
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  19. 19 Everyday Detective Work in the Eighties 八零年代探案日常 Modern Romance933k WordsCompleted (I've been enjoying stories set in this era lately, but I'm not very familiar with it, so just treat this as an alternate history.) Su Er Ya, also known as Su Jing, is an ordinary girl who is also, in some ways, quite extraordinary. After graduating from college, she joined the Public Security Bureau and became a police officer. She had never once eaten her fill, but finally did once she was in charge of her own salary. That was when she realized just how strong she was. (Hehe, the heroine absol 5.6kReads8.5Score602Shelves
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  20. 20 Shadows All Around 暗影重重 Mystery777k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation] [Mystery and Deduction] [Murder-Mystery Game] [Romantic Suspense] [Strong Leads Clash] [Social Realism] [A Cross-Section of Humanity] Some lose the love of their life. Some commit murder in a fit of passion to protect the person they love. Some hurt everyone around them in the name of love. Some are willing to give up everything in pursuit of a little light and warmth! This is a tribute to Keigo Higashino. The writing is delicate, the emotions profound! The plot is tight 691Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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  21. 21 The Little Cop Who Makes a Big Difference 小警大用 Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted Du Dayong once hoped to grow up to be a great chef. He never expected to become a low-ranking criminal investigator. This is the story of a young police officer growing up. There is no reborn protagonist showing off and face-slapping people, no System or golden finger making him invincible, and no ridiculous transmigration to another world. Here, you'll find the humor and warmth between comrades, a touch of youthful romance, loving family bonds, mischievous leaders, and absurd coworkers. Young o 89.5kReads9.6Score10.8kShelves
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  22. 22 Detective Dayong 真探大用 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Volume Two of “The Young Cop's Big Cases.” The first volume follows Du Dayong's growth, while the second chronicles his brilliant detective work. The first volume alone shows how the author keeps a story of over two million characters consistent and engaging, packed with substance and no filler. The cases in the second volume are even more gripping, and its quality is sure to surpass the first. 19.3kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves
  23. 23 Major Case: 1 悬案大用:1 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted This is the third book following A Cop's Big Break and The Great Detective, divided into Volumes 1 and 2 to distinguish the different unsolved cases. The new book begins when Du Dayong is transferred from the Ministry's Fifth Bureau to Min Province, starting with the baffling case in the mountains of Pingnan. This story places greater emphasis on the essence of each case, analyzing them from more angles and bringing more artistic touches to criminal investigation, forensic examination, forensic 26.9kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves
  24. 24 The 1990s: I Solve Cases by Watching Douyin Videos 九零年代:我靠刷抖音视频破案 Modern Romance497k WordsCompleted With a virtual Douyin app connected to the internet of the future, Sang Shiqing awakens memories of her past life in the 1990s! … On the first day after regaining her memories, Sang Shiqing spends the whole night watching videos about criminal law. Early the next morning, she comes face-to-face with a serial killer at the entrance to her workplace. Her first move is to report him… … After being bullied into going to the countryside to collect material, she finds herself in a scenic mountain vi 964Reads8.4Score101Shelves
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  25. 25 Hunting the Killer: A Rural Murder Casebook, Volume Two 缉凶:乡村杀人事件簿二 Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing Female cop + crime solving + no golden finger, a traditional criminal-investigation novel After failing the college entrance exam, Chen Guoning joins the Yongcheng County Public Security Bureau as a criminal investigator and begins a turbulent career in law enforcement. This is the story of an ordinary policewoman's growth. No contrived mysteries, just the resolve to investigate each detail, one step at a time. No coincidences that force the plot forward without reason, just the power of meticul 9.2kReads8.8Score1kShelves
  26. 26 The Mystery: Chasing the Light 谜局:逐光 Two Male Leads398k WordsCompleted The first book in the Mystery Series: Mystery: Chasing the Light [Two male leads + only each other + older love interest + no angst + happy ending + multiple side couples] * Fifteen years ago, his parents died in an “accident.” For fifteen years, he searched desperately for the one ray of “light” that could guide him. Fifteen years later, he joined the police force with top marks and finally found himself standing behind that man. * Huo Ye is the youngest captain of the criminal investigation un 3.4kReads9.1Score493Shelves
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  27. 27 The Mystery: Thaw 谜局:融冰 Two Male Leads748k WordsCompleted The Mystery Series, Books Two and Three * [Book One: The Mystery, Part Two: Thawing Ice. Two powerful leads · Crime] * Wen Qi is cocky, handsome, and bold, and he handles cases with ruthless efficiency. * Song Li’an is the young heir to the Song Group, cold and aloof by nature. “How many days do you think he’ll last?” “Three. The last person Team Leader Wen drove to tears only lasted 48 hours.” * Everyone was waiting to witness this once-in-a-century showdown, but no one expected... When W 3.3kReads9.2Score489Shelves
  28. 28 Beat Cop Lin Feng 片警林峰 Urban442k WordsOngoing In August 1992, 52-year-old criminal investigation expert Lin Feng died in the line of duty during a pursuit. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to age eighteen, to the very day he was assigned as a neighborhood police officer at the Chaoyang Police Station in Jiangcheng. In his previous life, he specialized in major cases. Now, he had to start with family squabbles and everyday nuisances. Stolen bicycles, disputes between neighbors, pickpockets at the market... Yet among these “mino —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 29 Criminal Investigation: I Can See Numbers Above the Victims' Heads 刑侦:我能看见受害者头上的数字 Mystery456k WordsOngoing [No CP] [No Romantic Tension] [Episodic Case-Solving] [Period Crime Investigation] [Ensemble Cast] In 1998, forensic medicine intern Yan Xu joins the Nancheng Branch of the Pingzhou Public Security Bureau. At his very first crime scene, he sees a number above an unidentified victim's head, one that only he can see. At first, he thinks it's just a hallucination, until more victims marked with numbers start appearing one after another... 4.8kReads7.1Score568Shelves
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  30. 30 I Was a Detective in the Republic of China 我在民国当侦探 Urban146k WordsCompleted [Republican-era investigations + Anthology stories + Male leads + Strong leads + Folk customs] Gao Ren has been having an awful run of luck lately. He accidentally offended a rich young master and nearly got thrown in jail! Luckily, while making his escape, he ran into a gullible little Taoist priest. The little priest wasn’t just good-looking, he was also willing to be Gao Ren’s money tree! He could perform rituals and solve baffling cold cases, too! Gao Ren stuck close to the little priest, se 242Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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  31. 31 Seven Departures 七出 Mystery821k WordsCompleted In the 21st century, someone is committing a series of crimes using ancient forms of punishment. This forces two rival senior fellow disciples to join forces, solve the case, and pursue a highly intelligent suspect. But they don't expect this to open a mysterious door… 122Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 32 Major Suspicious Cases 2 悬案大用2 Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted This book continues The Major Case Files 1. It also marks the beginning of a new generation of police officers gradually coming into contact with internet crime. The carefully selected cases span several different categories. As always, the author will continue the previous writing style, bringing readers the stories of Du Dayong and his fellow criminal police officers as they fight to keep society safe and take on all kinds of criminals. The book will also continue to explore criminal psycholog 50.3kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
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  33. 33 After Waking Up, I Became the Godmother of the Police Force 醒来后我成了警界祖师奶 Mystery284k WordsCompleted When Jiang Yu woke up, she found herself in the middle of a kidnapping. The police had been locked in an all-night standoff with the kidnappers, and the situation was tense. She freed her hands, brushed the dust off herself, and looked at the bandit she'd tied up from head to toe. “That's it?” Like a kind senior, Lu Lizhi placed a stack of books by leading figures in law enforcement into Jiang Yu's hands. He urged her to study hard and ask que 10.3kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
  34. 34 The Forensic Expert Transmigrates to the 1970s: Wooing Her Husband and Solving Cases with Ease 法医大佬穿七零,撩夫破案样样行 Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [Alternate era setting + military marriage + sweet romance + forensic pathologist + crime-solving + space + cozy everyday life] Shen Zhuqing, a top forensic pathologist, dies and wakes up as the male lead’s cannon-fodder ex-girlfriend in an era-set novel. The moment she opens her eyes, a shameless couple is jumping around right in front of her. How could she put up with that? She kicks the scumbag between the legs and scalds the shameless woman’s face with boiling water. She’s here for a good ti 4.3kReads9.0Score777Shelves
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  35. 35 Solving Cases Takes Someone Like Me [Criminal Investigation] 破案需要我这样的人才【刑侦】 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted When it comes to Ling Wuyou, even an ant passing by would turn to its companion and say, “Don't mess with that lunatic!” Say a couple of words to her and she'll blow up like a firecracker. She doesn't care one bit about acting like a respectable adult. While she was studying at the police academy, she taught quite a few classmates a lesson more than once. It's because she's not very strong, but her dirty tricks are endless. Later, the lunatic became a proud police officer. She'd say, “Who wants 106kReads9.4Score16.7kShelves
  36. 36 Transmigrating to the 1980s: A Female Detective's Case Files 穿越八零:女刑警探案手记 Mystery271k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of Lin Fan, who dies in the line of duty and transmigrates into the body of a young woman with the same name who failed her college entrance exam in 1980. Through her own efforts, she joins the county Public Security Bureau and works with her colleagues to solve all kinds of cases. This is a relatively traditional crime investigation novel. Aside from the fact that the heroine, Lin Fan, transmigrates into the 1980s at the beginning, she receives no help from a System, a 393Reads6.3Score—Shelves
  37. 37 The Eight-Year-Old Detective: My Dad Becomes a Police Chief Thanks to Me 八岁神探,我爹靠我成局长 Mystery274k WordsCompleted [Crime Solving, Urban, Reborn, Eight Years Old] Jiang Xiaobai, the world’s top detective, transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old! Sending him to elementary school with kids his age? No way! For the sake of his unfulfilled dream, watch as he gradually pushes his adoptive dad into a position of power! [This story is entirely fictional. If you don’t like it, go yell at another author!] 106Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  38. 38 Reborn as a Man of Iron and Blood, I Won’t Let You Down This Life! 重生之铁血男儿,今生不负! Mystery597k WordsCompleted A veteran undercover agent, reborn as a rogue cop! Chu Xiao had planned to coast through life and slack off, but he unexpectedly activated the Super Detective System. Super Eagle Eye, Track Someone Across a Thousand Miles, Rewind Time and Space… With all kinds of overpowered abilities at his disposal, he can spot the tiniest clues at a crime scene and expose the evil lurking in the shadows! He no longer fears the powerful, and dares to confront corruption head-on: “Who do you think you are?” He’ 672Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  39. 39 The Ten Great Mysteries of the Song Dynasty 大宋十大奇案 Historical1.6M WordsOngoing No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no golden finger, and no transmigration. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own discretion! A pure historical mystery set in the jianghu, offering an immersive experience of everyday life in an ancient town and the suspenseful twists and turns as officials use their wits to solve cases… 7.3kReads8.6Score643Shelves
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  40. 40 A Scheming Couple's Daily Bickering in the Sixties 六零腹黑夫妻互怼日常 Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [1960s Era + Light Ensemble Cast + Crime Solving + Whirlwind Marriage + Guiding Romance] In the 1960s, unsolved cases shrouded the land in mystery. He Xinghua, a policewoman from the countryside, and Lu Yanping, a criminal investigation chief, were not only husband and wife, but also partners in the line of duty. From a rural courtyard to city housing for government cadres, and from sorting through case files to confronting the most baffling criminal minds, they embarked together on a new caree 1.7kReads8.0Score142Shelves
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  41. 41 Officer! Can Snacking on Gossip Earn Me a First-Class Merit? 警官!吃瓜也能吃出一等功? Mystery382k WordsCompleted Chen Mo transmigrated into a parallel world and became a criminal police officer. His love of watching the drama only grew stronger. The good news: A man nearing sixty was cheating on his wife, and the furious woman grabbed a knife and went after him. A spectacle was in the making. The bad news: Just as Chen Mo was leaving, he found a corpse. Years later, during an interview on a police program, the captain of the Muhe City Criminal Police Team shared his professional advice: “Find the case 4.9kReads7.6Score526Shelves
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  42. 42 Officer Lu's Journal 小陆警官的手记 Two Male Leads388k WordsOngoing Lu Chengwen: I'm a detective. I only believe in evidence. Lin Xiao: I can feel corpses talking. Lu Chengwen: Say that again? Lin Xiao: The corpse says it wants to go home. Lu Chengwen: ...Fine. Lead the way. Author: If you two keep chatting, the readers will all go next door to read romance ◉‿◉ 317Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 43 The Screen Was Full of Comments! I Thought They Were All Gossip 满屏弹幕!我以为全是八卦 Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted No Romance + Golden Finger + Crime Solving Shanghai, 1985. Nineteen-year-old Chen Yang is a contract worker handling household registration at a local police station, the kind who got the job through connections. She has a secret: she can see other people's “juicy gossip.” Any cheating, embezzling, or concealing of one's identity from the past seven days pops up as subtitles in brackets. The System has one fatal bug: it mistakes spy meetings for “dating.” So she thinks she's catching cheating me 730Reads6.6Score105Shelves
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  44. 44 Flowers at the Bottom of the Valley 谷底的花 Mystery367k WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life mystery + deduction + crime solving + case-of-the-week + serious drama] Main characters: Lu Jun (forensic pathology intern) vs. Chen Zhou (criminal investigation team captain) Six years ago, a family upheaval completely changed Lu Jun's personality, and his family sent him abroad. Six years later, Lu Jun returned to China and voluntarily joined Chen Zhou's workplace. The two are twelve years apart in age. Their relationship shifted from close friends to an awkward “uncle and nephe 1.2kReads—Score132Shelves
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  45. 45 The Clue System: No Criminal Can Escape 提示线索系统之犯罪分子无处可逃 Mystery370k WordsCompleted (Urban crime investigation + System + mystery and deduction + team investigations.) The protagonist, Song Mozhou, unexpectedly awakens a System that provides clues to criminal cases. Follow along as he solves one baffling case after another with the System’s help. This is a pure crime-solving novel, with no romance, featuring a series of standalone cases. All cases and characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Here’s hoping you’ll enj 264Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 46 Major Crime Investigation Files 刑侦大案录 Mystery3.8M WordsCompleted 6.6kReads6.9Score413Shelves
  47. 47 Republican-Era Detective Tales 民国侦探诡事录 Mystery317k WordsCompleted [Standalone cases + Republican-era investigations + criminal investigation and deduction + paranormal mysteries + powerful partners] In the chaotic Republican era, the land is shattered and strange events abound. One bizarre case follows another, but the truth remains as elusive as a mist... In a village at midnight, residents die one after another. Rumors say the “Stinking-Mouth Ghost” has returned to exact revenge, leaving everyone terrified. A haunted house by the lake conceals an old massacr 372Reads9.1Score100Shelves
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  48. 48 Livestreaming Fortune-Telling: All My Top Supporters Are in Jail 直播测字:我的榜一全在局子里 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted A ghost-seeing girl and a genius young detective make the perfect supernatural duo! Jiang Chen: Can you check whether there are any nasty things around us? Su Su: Do you think I'm a ghost-hunting police dog or something?! Ghost: You're the nasty thing! Your whole family is nasty! The supernatural duo always cracks the case! 18.4kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
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  49. 49 The Great Coroner: Xilai, Another One’s Dead 大仵作:喜来,又死一个 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted She was a posthumous child pulled from a pile of corpses. She spent her days among the dead, playing with skulls and amusing herself by catching maggots. To uncover the truth behind her adoptive father's death, she even took it upon herself to dissect a corpse. Others mocked her as a freak and kept their distance, but the ruthless commander of the realm's forces doted on her beyond measure. Dismemberment and cremation, for love or for money. In this bizarre world, joy comes from seeing clearly f 5.7kReads8.9Score877Shelves
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